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Thank you for your interesting post. My apologies for delay in responding - I had not looked at the History board until today.
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to the question! I am still working my way through the (talking) book and I think I'm going to buy a copy for myself - the one I have is borrowed from RNIB. the author seems to be steeped in knowledge of her subject - she was on a 'Great Lives' Radio 4 programme recently acting as an expert witness on the subject of Herodotus.
How interesting that you can trace your ancestors back so far
Susan
AndyBlackard Wrote:
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> I just happened to log on and noticed this thread,
> Susan. This is fascinating. I thought that Thera
> and its population was destroyed in the eruption
> c1628 bce. Or, is this another case of the Greeks
> referring to a population separate from the city
> for which they were named? There is another case
> that I ran across of a reference to the Athenians
> as a people before the city of Athens existed.
> So, could what you have found be a reference to
> the Therans after abandoning their island? I am
> very curious because my genetic roots go back to
> bronze age Crete and I would like to know where
> they dispersed to after 1628 bce.
> -Andy
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to the question! I am still working my way through the (talking) book and I think I'm going to buy a copy for myself - the one I have is borrowed from RNIB. the author seems to be steeped in knowledge of her subject - she was on a 'Great Lives' Radio 4 programme recently acting as an expert witness on the subject of Herodotus.
How interesting that you can trace your ancestors back so far
Susan
AndyBlackard Wrote:
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> I just happened to log on and noticed this thread,
> Susan. This is fascinating. I thought that Thera
> and its population was destroyed in the eruption
> c1628 bce. Or, is this another case of the Greeks
> referring to a population separate from the city
> for which they were named? There is another case
> that I ran across of a reference to the Athenians
> as a people before the city of Athens existed.
> So, could what you have found be a reference to
> the Therans after abandoning their island? I am
> very curious because my genetic roots go back to
> bronze age Crete and I would like to know where
> they dispersed to after 1628 bce.
> -Andy
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